_ ijji_ c© i -——^—'1 5 z || The Weather J EVERYWHERE l^m Weather outlook for the ——- -■ /■I m. period May 15 to May 20* " ORLD \% IDE 'Upper Miss, and Lower uru/0 QCDVIPF ' Mt. Valleys, generally ncwo ocnviuc 4 _ —-fair ith *. FREE PUBLICATION I HEW TO THt LINE]!—1ri pF ALL LOCAL NEWS V- I ■ 1 wwsk; ncc,lS,on," showers MATTER land coolr latter half. -FLASH PHOTO • ' ! North, centr*] plain., a cnvirn . sajne, not much moisture. I _LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY_♦ , ~ - 4 Entered as Second-Class Matter at Fostoffice, Omaha, QatiirHov Mav 9ft 109Q Number 7— , Nebraska, under Act of March 8, 1874. _ ftaiuru.ty, lVldy CU, IJJV ___ White Teachers Get $104.14 Per Month Negro Teachers Get $51.44 Washington, D. C.—The second volumc orf Index of Research Pro jects issued by the Works Progress Administration, in cooperation ■with the National Resources Com mittee and State Planning Agen eits, includes the situation of the Negro as shown in the educational surveys made by State Planning Agencies in several Southern States. Many of thrse reeoareh activi ties have been made possible by the assistance of WPA research projects employing trained white collar workers taken from the re lief rolls. "The ratio of population to teachers in 19.34-35 was 25.5 for white and 29.2 for Negro,” th WPA Index reveals in its digest of the report of the of the Florida School Code Committee. Within the Everglade State the average monthly salaries for Negro teach ers during the 1934-35 per'od was $51.44 a month, as against the monvhly salary of $104.14 paid to white teachers, Surveys in North Carolina com pleted in 1936 by the Department of Conservation and Development strike a wore encouraging note in Negro educational welfare, accord ing to the WPA Index. The num ber of accredited Negro high schools in the Statf increased from clevfn in ip2&, with an enrollment of 1,500, To 120 in 1934-35, with 25,00 enrolled. During the 1920-35 peritjd, the enrollment of five in tcon'Jnued on prge 2) Demand Negro Assist ant To The President Hitler and Mussolini Miss A Bet Hitler and Mui-solini missed a bet when they overlooked Gestalt psy chology as a twans of justifying their ruthless suppression of indi vidualism, Mrs. Pearl Weber, Uni versity of Omaha psychologist, de clared ‘today. “The notion of the Gestaltists, with h'' ir emphasis on the ‘whole mt:s’ of things, could very eas;ly be used to support Fascist to talitarianism ” said Mrs. Weber. The Gestalt school of psychology which was developed in Germany before the World War, recently has been gaining ground among Amer'can psychologists. Gestaltists say that it is the ‘whale’ of a thing and. not its parts which is impor tant. F< .' ixample, a man must be considered as a “whole” and not ar jus a combination of arms, legs head, body, etc. No part of hi51 body is significant, except as it is a part of the man as a whole. Moreover, state the Gestalf'sts, a man is much more than merely the um of his parts. If this idea is carried over into society, as it may be, according t> some Gestaltists, the individual losies hrs importance.- Thus life Fascists assert, that the individual or part) is not important—only the state (or whole) is important. “There is enough similarity be tween Gestalt and totalitarian NEWSHAWK WEDS N. C. GIRL PioturEd as they arrived in New< Orleans recently are Mr. and Mrs. C. C Dejaie, Jr., whose marriage occured April 9 in Wilminghton, N. C., home of the 'bride, the form er Miss Julia Belden. Both are graduates of Talladega college, where .the romance began which culminated in the marriage. Their honeymoon was spent in Philadel phia with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Manley, relatives of the bride, and New York City. Several days were enjoyed in the lovely country home the Benjamin Lockes near Mon roe, Nr. Y. Mr. Dejoie received his Master’s Degree in journalism from the University of Michigan, where he won membership in Kap pa Tau Alpha, nationally honorary journalistic society He is manag ing editor of the Louisiana Week ly, well known militant newspa per. Mr. and Mrs. Dejoie are re ceiving score* of good wishes at 126 South Prieur Street in the famous Ore sent city, (ANP) Washington, May }8 (C)—A Jegro “Assistant to the President” .’as called for in six points of roposah made by the United Jovemment Employes, in a letter o the Supreme Court Justice Pe-d, chairman of the President’s Committee on C vil Service Im provement, Monday. The UGE re peated its request for appointment of a Negro to the Federal Civil Service Commission, asked for “re res nt'ation for 12,000,00 Negro it:zens as one of the Assistants ^ the President,” demanded abol ition of pho.ographs and substi ution of fingerprints for id University of Omaha psycho logist averred. “Under Fascism the individual is minimized by a Hitler whose own distorted sense of self impor-1 tanco Fads him to believe that he alone is the symbol of the social and political whole—as Louis the Fourteenth who said “I am the Sta e”—or even that he is the symbol of the universal whole— as the last Kaiser did when he spoke of his private partnership with God”. —-0O0 500 TO BE IN LINE OF MARCH I. B. P. Elks 0. E. W„ Cherokee Temple No. 223 will hold their re gular Annual Sermon at Pilgrim Baptist Church, 25th Halimton St., Sunday, May 21., at 3 P. M. Line of march begins at 25th St., sat on Lake to 24th, South on 24.h to Hamilton and west on Hamilton to Church. Atty. Charles F. Davis, Exalted and Dr. Price Terrell, secretary. WANT RACE CITIZENS ON — JURIES — Action Follows Reversal of Case By High Court Nlw Orleans, May 18 (ANP)— Addressing the La., sheriff’s association in Gretna, Louisiana, District Attorney John E. Fleury of Jefferson parish, urged the nKeting to endorse a state move ment to revised the sheriff’s law and the jury system to include Ne groes on grand as well as petit juries. The movement grew out of a supremo court decision last month, when a trial of Hugh Pierre, charged with murder, was reor dered because “it is a policy of the state to exclude Negroes from jury service.” j No Ngroes appeared on the jury when Pierre was sentenced 1 to death. The sheriff expressed general favoritism to the movement. Some however, thought that if Negroes are included in the jury panel, as $35,374,000 for 7714 For New Homes For The Underprivil eged Washington, D. C.—The low rent housing program of the Unit ed States Housing Authority was further expanded recently when Pr* s'dent Roosevelt approved loan contracts with local housing au thorities totaling $31,822,000 to de fray 90 per cent of the $35,374,000 estimated cost of 28 projects in U cities. In 12 of these cities pro visions are included for the rehous ing of Negro tenants In recommending approval of these loan contracts, Nathan Straus, USHA Administrator, called attention to the fact that “the rentals to be charged in the new dwellings will be on the same general level as those contemplat ed under previous loan contracts, which were the lowest ever set for decent, safe and sanitary new construction in th’s country. In every case the rentals in the US HA pi*ojects will not be in excess of rents now being paid by fami lies in the slums for miserable quarters. This means that the new • decent homes to be built act ually will be available to the low- ! est income third of our popula tion those who constitute the un der-privileged” Of the 7,714 new dwelling units for which these loan contracts pro vide, approximately one-third will be occupied by low income Negro families. The USHA program now provides for the construction of of 85,416 units in 108 communities with Negro participation estimat ed at a third of the total. Cities for which provision has most recently been made for Ne gro participation in the low-rent ousing program include Denver, Colorado; Jacksonville, Miami, and Sartsota, Florida; Boston, Massa chusetts; Meridian, Mississippi, Charlotte, North Carolina; Akron, Ohio; Charleston, South Carolina; Knoxvi'le, Tennessee; and Waco, Texas. is (the case in Orleans parish, the law is being compiled with. It was further explained that the supreme court ruling specifically pointed the Negroes must “serve" on juries. Easit Baton .Rouge parish has already complied with ruling in the selection of its grand jury for tho spring term. Other parishes are expected to follow. RESOLUTION Be it remembered that on this 16th day of May, 1939, coordinat ing Committee of the Negro or ganizations of the City of Omaha and undersigned by the Secretary thereof, in regular assembly, a dopted the following resolution, to wit:— Whereas a vacancy has been created in tho office of the Exe cutive Secretary of Omaha, Urban L* ague Community Center, and whereas the Negro Citizens as re presented by the members of the Coordinating Committee are desir ous of recommending for this ap pointment a man whom they be lieve qualified and capable of gain ing the requirements of the office to the be»t intersts of the Com munity, and whereas, this Commit (3e believes that preference should be shown to Negro men of Nebras ka and the City of Omaha, who have pursued a course qualifying them to assume the position to its own; and whereas, we are of the belief that coupled with the ap pointment of an Executive Secre tary, placement should be made for the training of an Omaha man to ucceed to tho office of Executive Secretary, at the first opportunity. And whereas, we have carefully nalyzed the qualifications and ‘Listen In’ Sunday, May 21st 10:30 to 11:00 a.m., Uni. of Chicago on “The Negro In ■ America”... ^_ histories of applicants for this po sition, BE IT THEREFORE RE SOLVED. that we recommend the appointment of Millard T. Woods Executive Secretary, and Wanase be Fletcher, as Industrial Secre tary, for training under Mr. Woods and, that a copy of this resolution be presented to the National Ur ban League, the President and Di rector of the Omaha Community Chest and the Local Board of the Omaha Urban League. W’tness the hand and seal of t ic Secretary of the Coordinating Committee of the organizations listed hereinafter: R. C Price, chairman Charles F. Davis, Secretary. The Business & Professional Men’s Club Dr. A. L. Hawkins; Elks Lodge, Charles F. Davis, Exalted Ruler; Ministerial Alliance Rev. C. H. Hilson, Chairman; Ne gro Chamber of Commerce, Dr. C. P. Lennox, President; Pullman Porters Local Union, Taylor Mur Jell. President; Logan Fontenelle Homes’ Tenants’ Organization, Ar thur B. McCaw; Dining Car Wait ers ’Union, Elder C. Scott, Rep lesentative; Postal Alliance, J. C. Carey, Representative; Packers C. 3 0. Union, Clifford McKinney, Representative; Joseph D. I>ewis, Member at Large; American Le gion Roosevelt Post No 30, Cha«. Coleman, Commander; Masonic Lodges, Nat Hunter, C. M. THIS RESOLUTION CONCUR RED IN by the UNDERSIGNED INDIVIDUALS and ORGANIZA TION John Adalms, Jr., S.ate Senator. Omaha Guide Publishing Company, by C. C. Galloway, Manager. Standard Brands Has Jim Crow Toilets At N. Y. World’s Fair New York, May 18—Old Man Jim Crow came into full view this week at the New WoHd’s Fair when it was learned that separate toilets for employees, marked “col ored” and “white,” have been set up by Standards Brands Inc., in its exhibit building. Standard Brands includes such well-known products, as Chase and Sanborn’s Coffee, Tender Leaf Tea, Fleischmann’s Yeast, Royal Gelatine, Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise, and others. A vigorous protest against the jim crow lavatories was sent to the New York office of Standard Brands at 595 Madison Avenue. The NAACP letter said its lawyer weie investigating the possibility oi legal action under the New York Civil Rights law The standard Brands exhibit has about 150 white employees ard about 30 co.KCd, including imv lers, porters, dishwashers ail’ maids. The separate toilets are *u d to be the idea of a Coion®l Snap and Mrs. Snap, who are re ported to be in charge of the exhibit. When the arrangement was pro tested to Colonel Snap by one of the colored employees, the colonel said that he was responsible for the separate toilets and that they wero going to remain there “be cause he didnlt want white south erners insulted”. The NAACP letter to Standard Brands pointed out that millions of Negro housewives and maids and cooks working for other peo ple were purchasers of food and that this jim crow arrangement HONORS SAILORS JAY CLIFFORD President of the Booker T. Washington Tours, 236 W. 136th street, New York City, low-cost tours to New York during the World’s Fair who greeted the open ing of the Fair last Sun. During the first week in May a committee which Mr. Clifford headed staged a monster reception for colored sailors of the Aalantic Fleet at the Renaissance Casino. Judge James S. Watson, Judge Charles E. Toney, Magis trate Myles A. Paige, Dr. H. Binga Dismond, Assemblyman Wm. T. Andrews, Miss Ethel Waters, Cab Calloway, H L. Bruce, political leader, Henry K. Craft, Y Offi cial, and other notableg were members of the ecrtmmittee to en tertain the colored sailors. (Calvin Service.) at the World’s Fair would not build up any good will for Stan dard Brands. —■- ■ —- oOo—— -■ Chicago Preacher In ‘Dutch’ with Alabama Members Wetumpka, Ala. May 18 (ANP) -Transplanting the glib talk and high pressure methods of Chica go “slickers” to this Alabama town aat Monday proved the undoing of “Reverend House.” who through lleged questionable methods had nduced the congregation of Pine Grove to oust their old pastor, Rev. Sam Brown and install him s pastor. As time wore on, however, the hurch folks became suspicious of he doctrines and preachments of he new pastor, and there were oud mumblings when they learned Rev. House carried a pistol, even n the pulpit. To make matters whenever he wanted to impress h:s hearers or show authority, he’d display a shiny badge, and inti mare, they said, that he was in the South for an “investigation." Cliwax came when the church members appealed to old Pastor Brown, telling him they’d restore his pastorate if he’d rid them of the Chicago preacher. But Rev. House shoute ddefiance, “If you coma fooling, ‘round my church, I’ll kill you!" Rev. Brown took he matter up with police, swore ut a peace warrant against Rev. House and had him arrested. Po lice took his gun and badge, which hey have been unable tx> identify, nd jailed him on charges of car ying a concealed weapon and im crsonating an officer. . Peace a ain reigns at Pine Grove Church nd the Rev. Sam Brown again xhorts the worshippers. V ... r RADIO ROUND TABLE TO DIS CUSS "THE NEGRO” ON MAY 21 Chicago, 111., May 18—The fa mous University of Chicago Round Table of the Air w’ll discuss on Sunday, May 21, "The Negro in America.” The program will be on the National Broadcasting Co., network from 10:30 A. M. until 11 A. M. etntral standard time. Speakers on the Round Table will be Professors Paul H. Doug las and Louis Wir.h of the Uni versity of Chicago, and Waiter White, of New York, secretary of tho National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The University of Chicago Round Table has discussed all kinds of topics, but this is the first time tho speakers have dealt with tho Negro It is felt that a favor able response from listeners will be helpful in stimulating further discussions on this topic. -—oOo Murray Latimer of R. R. Retirement Board to Address Workers During the afternoon session ol the first day of the National Con fer* nee of NegTo railroad work ers Friday, May 19th. Murray W. Latimer, Chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board, will address the onference on the subject of pen sion's for railroad workers, and the Railroad workers during periods f unemployment, states A. Philip Randolph, Internatienal President J rotherhood of Sleeping Car Por I ers. The question of pensions for | aihvay workers has been of wide and general interest for many .decades and was only recently re cognized by federal statute as a retsult of agitation, education and organization of public opinion by bom fide railroad unions. Unemployment insurance for rail way workers was enacted into law his year These two pieces of ederal legislation are of para nount importance and significance o Negro railroad workers since under the pension law annuities arc paid the beneficiaries of the worker. A complete analysis of the un mployment insurance and the Railroad Retirement ^ct will be made by Chairman Latimer, an minent authority in this field. According to Mr. Randolph, the conference is attracting nation fide interest among Negro rail oad workers and all of the vari ous crafts and callings in this industry will be represented there. The conference is being conducted under tne supirvision ui me jdiu therhood of Sleeping Car Porters. These sessions will take place in 4he 12th Street Branch of the, YMCA in Washington, D. C. ——.—0O0 DIES ON OPERATING TABLE Mr. Charles Scott died on the operating table at a loci'! hospital Thursday. Mr. Scott was just a bout to be retired, having put in 23 years at the Postoffice at 16th and Dodge Streets. DOING NICELY Mr. Sam I*awson, 2214 North 29th St., was rutehed to a local hospital Thursday a. m. and was operated on about 4 p. m. the same day. At this time he is re ported to be getting along nicely.